Strindberg, A Life – Sue Prideaux on the playwright’s relationships
The Swedish playwright August Strindberg was, amongst other things, a mercurial talent, artist, occultist, husband and father. He…
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Classic Modern: The Art Worlds of Joseph Pulitzer Jr.
For the May 13 centennial of Joseph Pulitzer Jr.’s birth, Marjorie B. Cohn, author of Classic Modern, the first biography of Joseph Pulitzer,…
Experiments in Modern Realism: World Making, Politics and the Everyday in Postwar European and American Art
Experiments in Modern Realism: World Making, Politics and the Everyday in Postwar European and American Art offers a new…
Experiments in Modern Realism
Experiments in Modern Realism: World Making in Postwar European and American Art is major study which offers a new…
Edwardian Opulence: ‘The Gown’ by Angus Trumble
Views of the Edwardian era have swung between seeing the period as a golden summer afternoon of imperial…
The Mechanical Smile: Modernism and the First Fashion Shows in France and America
In the early 20th century, the desire to see clothing in motion flourished on both sides of the…
Arthur Danto on What Art Is
Arthur Danto, the influential art critic and a professor emeritus of aesthetics and history at Columbia University, once famously…
Common Ground: German Photographic Cultures Across the Iron Curtain
Common Ground: German Photographic Cultures Across the Iron Curtain is the first book to thoroughly evaluate the photography that…
Leonardo da Vinci, Renaissance Man
Yale University Press’ Little Histories collection is a family of books that takes a closer look at some of the…
Garry Winogrand: One of the Most Important Photographers of the Twentieth Century
Widely regarded as one of the most important photographers of the 20th century, Garry Winogrand (1928-1984) did much…
‘Salvaging The Past: Georges Hoentschel and French Decorative Arts’
Georges Hoentschel (1855-1915) was a leading French interior designer in historic styles, head of a decorating firm, and…
‘Bonsai: A Patient Art’. A collection of living Bonsai masterpieces from the renowned collection of the Chicago Botanic Garden
Bonsai: A Patient Art, published by Yale University Press, presents a collection of living Bonsai masterpieces from the…
‘Eva Hesse,1965’, Off The Wall
Eva Hesse (1936 – 1970) was a Jewish German-born American sculptor and artist, who habitually challenged conventions. She is…
Extract from ‘Federico Barocci: Renaissance Master of Color and Line’ by Judith Mann and Babette Bohn
For a long time, British art lovers have not had the chance to view the brilliant works of…
Extract from ‘Shoe Obsession’ by Valerie Steele and Colleen Hill
This February, Yale University Press is publishing the lavishly illustrated Shoe Obsession by Valerie Steele and Colleen Hill. The…